MS Oosterdam
{{Short description|Cruise Ship built in 2003}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}
| {{Infobox ship begin
}} {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = MS Oosterdam, Princes Wharf, 2013 (cropped).JPG | Ship caption = Oosterdam docked at Auckland }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship name = Oosterdam | Ship namesake = The eastern compass point | Ship operator = Holland America Line | Ship registry = {{NLD}} | Ship ordered = | Ship awarded = | Ship builder = Fincantieri, Marghera, Italy | Ship yard number = 6076 | Ship laid down = 16 January 2002 | Ship launched = 18 November 2002 | Ship sponsor = | Ship christened = 27 July 2003 | Ship status = in service | Ship completed =11 July 2003 | Ship in service = 2003–present | Ship out of service = | Ship identification=*Call sign: PBKH
| Ship notes = {{cite web |url=http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/shipdetails.aspx?mmsi=245417000&language=_EN |title=Vessel details OOSTERDAM |access-date=17 March 2010 |date=17 March 2010}} }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship class = {{sclass2|Vista|cruise ship | |2002}}
| Ship tonnage = *{{GT|82,305}}
| Ship displacement = | Ship length = {{convert|285.24|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|32.25|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship height = | Ship draught = {{convert|7.9|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship power = *3{{nbsp}}×{{nbsp}}Sulzer 16ZAV40S diesel engines
| Ship propulsion = *Diesel-electric | Ship speed = *{{convert|24|kn}} (maximum)
| Ship capacity = 1,964 passengers | Ship crew = 812 crew | Ship decks = 11 passenger decks | Ship notes = Range is 18 days at 19.5 knots{{cite web |url=http://www.ship-technology.com/projects/oosterdam/specs.html |title=Specifications:Oosterdam |access-date=17 March 2010 |date=17 March 2010}} }} |
MS Oosterdam ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|oʊ|s|t|ər|d|æ|m}} {{respell|OH-ster-dam}}) is a {{sclass2|Vista|cruise ship|4||2002}} cruise ship of the Holland America Line, a division of Carnival Corporation & plc. Launched in 2002 as the line's second Vista, Oosterdam is sister to {{MS|Noordam}}, {{MS|Westerdam}}, and {{MS|Zuiderdam}}. The ship's name is derived from the Dutch translation for the eastern compass point.
Christening
File:Rotterdam en de Maasdan H.A.L.2005 - panoramio.jpg
Oosterdam was christened by Princess Margriet of the Netherlands in Rotterdam on 29 July 2003, Holland America Line's founding city. The event was held over three days of celebrations marking the company's 130th anniversary. The joint flagship of the fleet, {{MS|Rotterdam}}, joined Oosterdam "bow-to-bow" in welcoming her.
Technical information
The machinery spaces aboard Oosterdam are vast and extend along two of its lowest decks for the most part of the vessel.
MS Oosterdam is powered by a CODAG propulsion system encompassing five Sulzer ZAV40S diesel engines (three 16-cylinder and two 12-cylinder, built under license by Grandi Motori Trieste, now owned by Wärtsilä, in Trieste, Italy){{cite web | url=http://www.wartsila.com/it,en,aboutus,0,generalcontent,FBEAF908-E1A4-425F-9625-A980A713A555,C55852AE-50A7-40A4-AB68-BDB5B35DCC5B,,.htm |title=Wärtsilä In Italy | access-date=18 March 2010 |date=18 March 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://www.lme.ntua.gr/repos/lessons/resiliently.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721082331/http://www.lme.ntua.gr/repos/lessons/resiliently.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 July 2011 |title=Propulsion Engines for Cruise Ships |access-date=18 March 2010 |date=May 1991 }} and a GE LM2500 gas turbine.{{cite web |url=http://www.geae.com/aboutgeae/presscenter/marine/marine_20040316.html |publisher=General Electric - Aviation |title=GE LM2500 Press Release |access-date=17 March 2010 |date=16 March 2004}} She is one of only a handful of merchant vessels that is powered by such an arrangement. It is propelled by two 17.62 MW (23956.53 ps), 160rpm synchronous freshwater-cooled ABB Azipod propulsors.
Its two engine rooms are separated by a watertight bulkhead. Each engine room is fully independent of the other, with its own fuel, lubricating, cooling and electrical distribution systems.
The ship's potable water is produced by three large Alfa Laval multi-effect flash evaporating desalination plants.
History of the name ''Oosterdam''
While no prior ship has been named Oosterdam, the first vessel with the "Ooster" prefix launched 1913 as the 8,251-ton, one-prop freighter Oosterdijk. At the time, "dijk" or "dyk" was the suffix used for cargo vessels, "dam" was used for passenger ships. She sailed between Rotterdam and Savannah, Georgia for Holland America as well as serving the Allied war effort during World War I.{{cite web | url=http://www.hollandamerica.com/media/newsRelease.do?fileName=/200212/2zuid123.xml | publisher=Holland America Line |title=News Release - December 6, 2002|date=6 December 2002}}
Areas of operation
In recent years, Oosterdam is sailing in the Mediterranean in summer and spending winters in South America.[https://www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/details/9221281 MV Oosterdam at vesselfinder.com]
The ship had previously been alternating fall/winter cruises along the Mexican Riviera and summer in Alaska. In the autumn of 2011, she visited Hawaii for the first time.{{cite web | title=Cruises on ms Oosterdam, a Holland America Line cruise ship | url=http://www.hollandamerica.com/find-cruise-vacation/FindCruises.action?shipCodeSearch=OS | publisher=Holland America Line | year=2010 | access-date=3 July 2010}} After January 2012, Holland America paused visits to Mexico's west coast, in part due to safety concerns there in connection to the Mexican Drug War and in part due to the depressed cruise market in Southern California; the Oosterdam shifted to Hawaii, Australia, and the South Pacific.{{cite web | title=California Dream? So-Cal Cruise Travel Dealt Another Blow | url=http://www.cruisecritic.com/news/news.cfm?ID=4479 | date= 12 May 2011 | access-date= 21 January 2012}} Holland America was the first cruise line to resume service to Mazatlán in the autumn of 2013 with MS Veendam, and Oosterdam followed suit shortly thereafter.{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/travel/la-xpm-2013-sep-10-la-trb-mexico-cruise-lines-back-to-mazatlan-20130909-story.html|title=Mexico: Three cruise lines returning to Mazatlan|date=2013-09-10|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-03}}
On 4 May 2019 Oosterdam collided with {{MS|Nieuw Amsterdam|2009|6}} while docking stern to stern in Vancouver, British Columbia. There were no injuries reported and disembarkation on both ships proceeded as usual.{{cite web | title=Two cruise ships collide in Vancouver port | url=https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/cruise-ship-collides-with-locked-cruise-liner-in-vancouver-port | date= 5 May 2019 | access-date= 22 May 2019}}
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Oosterdam (ship, 2003)}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060306033007/http://www.hollandamerica.com/cruiseships/Oosterdam Holland America Line official site]
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Category:Ships of the Holland America Line